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Goleszów-Wisła Głębce Line
Railway Line 191 is a single-track, electrified railway line running only in Silesian Voivodeship, and as such serving as the main railway artery between Goleszów and Wisła in Poland. History The line connecting Goleszów and the steelworks in Ustroń was established in 1888 and belonged to Railways of Silesian and Galician Cities. Subsequent sections were built after World War I in the reborn Second Polish Republic - on 15 March 1928, the section Ustroń - Polana (6.76 km long) was opened, on 10 July 1929 Polana - Wisła (now Wisła Uzdrowisko, length 2.74 km) and on 11 September 1933 Wisła - Wisła Głębce (5.2 km long). On the latter, the company of engineer Ksawery Goryanowicz in the years 1931 - 1933 built a seven-span concrete railway viaduct with a length of 122 meters and a maximum height of pillars of 25 meters. The line was to be extended to Zwardoń (via Koniaków), but the outbreak of World War II prevented the implementation of these plans. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship ( ) is an administrative province in southern Poland. With over 4.2 million residents and an area of 12,300 square kilometers, it is the second-most populous, and the most-densely populated and most-urbanized region of Poland. It generates 11.9% of Polish GDP and is characterized by a high life satisfaction, low income inequalities, and high wages. The region has a diversified geography. The Beskid Mountains cover most of the southern part of the voivodeship, with the highest peak of Pilsko on the Polish-Slovakian border reaching above sea level. Silesian Upland dominates the central part of the region, while the hilly, limestone Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, Polish Jura closes it from the northeast. Katowice urban area, located in the central part of the region, is the second most-populous urban area in Poland after Warsaw, with 2.2 million people, and one of Poland's seven supra-regional metropolises, while Rybnik, Bielsko-Biała and Częstochowa and their r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
